Shipping-bill register.



T. I. SCHIRMER.

SHIPPING BILL REGISTER.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 17, 1909.

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SHIPPING BILL REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1909.

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SHIPPING BILL REGISTER.

APPLICATION. FILED MAY 17, 1909.

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THEODORE F. SOHIBMEB, OFDAYTON, OHIO.

I SHIPPING-BILL REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Application filed Kay 17,- 1909. Serial No. 498,802.

" ing to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shipping billregisters.

The object of the mvention is to provide accurate means for feeding twoor more sheets of paper from a similar number of rolls within thecabinet, so that the writing,

lines of said sheets will at all times be in alinement. Heretofore, inmachines of this character, more or less difliculty has always beenexperienced in maintaining the writlines of the paper in uniformpositions. W ere this is not one, the writing on the sheets below thetop sheet is out of a proper position or is not in position corres ondmgto the positions on the. top sheet. or example, the writing on the-topsheet is always between the lines, but such is not the case with thelower sheets, and this difiiculty is due to an inaccuracy of feed. Thepresent invention removes this difliculty and provides a feed whichmaintains the writing lines of all the sheets in alinement.

Other new and useful features of my in- 1 vention comprise variousdetails, all of which combine to produce a shippin bill register whichovercomes substantialfy'all of the difficulties heretofore experiencedin machines of this character.

Preceding a detaileddescription of the in sectional elevation of thesame. Fi 3, is

a side elevation with a portion of e casing brokenaway. Fig. 4, is avertical seetional elevation through one of the rollsof paper. Fig. 5,is a view of a portion of the paper used in the machine with the writingK ines omitted as they may be varied to suit i pins 14 which extend onethe peripheries j different requirements. Fig. 6, is a detail lsectional view of one end of the feed roller and the adjacent ressureroller. 7, 1s a detail view of t e stop which arrests the crank handleat the end of a complete revolution. Fig. 8, is a detail view of themeans for holding the carbon sheets in 'tion.

. The inclosing case l'consists o a bottom with upright sides and endswhich may be of any requisite size and ornamental design. A detachablecover 2 incloses the top of the casing and is provided with the usual 0ning 3 which lies above a laten 4 u on w 10h the sheets of paper, togeter with t e carbon sheets rest.

In the drawings, I have shown three sheets of paper 5 leading from asimilar number of rolls supported upon spindles 6 suitably mounted inthe sides of the casing. The paper extending from the rolls passes overtions of the side walls of the casing, and thence over the platen 4 tothe front end of the machine. The sheets of carbon are unwound from acarbon roll 8 which is mounted in a housin 9 extending from a side ofthe machine. %n the present case there are two sheets of carbon on saidroll.

In F i 4, the carbon sheets are not shown tween the sheets 5 and abovethe platen 4 in a well-known manner. When thus extended be secured atthe opposite sides of the'casing by means of a bar=10 which is pivotedat 11 and has its free end secured by a clamp 12 fixed to the side ofthe casin See Fi 3 and 4. This bar 10 clamps t e ends 0 the carbonsheets and holds the same in position. The sheets of aper from .therolls are especially repare for use in this ty e of re 'ster. orexample, in Fig. 5, e para el rations 13 at uniform distances apart andin say,-the perforations on one edge of the paper are in alinement withthose on the other edge. These perforations are preferably vound andthey are stampedvig the sheets at the same time the sheets are printedwith the writing lines and columns. Engaging these perforations oropenings in the sheets of paper are two series of roperly-constructed'guide rollers 7 mounted in the upper porextende from the roll, but itwill be under-- stood in practice, these carbon sheets he beedges of thepaper are shown to have perfoacross the platen 4, said carbon sheets mayexact alinement with each other, that is to of two circular platesrigidly mounted on the ends of a feed roller 16. The ositions of thepins 14 relatively to each ot er, correspond to the positions of theperforations or openings 13 in the sheets of pa er 5, that is to say, inthe rotation of the ro er 16, the pins 14 successivel engage said openin13 .and advance the s eets of paper a uni orm It will be observed thedistance each time.

' extreme ends of the pins 14 are tafpered to mounted in a housing 19 onone side of the suitably mounted in the forward end of the casing andthe shaft on one side thereof is projected from the casing, as shown inF i 6 to receive theboss of a crank 17 throug which said feed roller isrotated to feed the sheets of paper. At each complete rotation of thecrank 17 it is'stopped by a pin 18 machine. The pin 18 is normally heldout in the path of the crank by a spring 20 which is coiled around saidpin, and pro-- jecting from said pin is a finger-piece 21 by means ofwhich the pinmay be moved out of the path of said crank in each initialmovement of said crank, see Fig. 7. It is obvious that other means maybe employed for stopping .the crank or feed roller at the end ofeach'complete rotation. Above the feed roller 16 is mounted a pressureroller 22 which engages the sheets of paper at the end of each completerotation of the roller 16 and holds sald sheets firmly against thesurface of the roller 16 While said sheets are 7 being severed at thefront of the machine.

The pressure roller 22 is inclosed within a housing 23 formedin thefront end of the cover 2, and the journals of said pressure roller liein slots 24in the end walls of said housing as shown in' Fig. 3. Thejournals of said roller are yieldingly maintained in their bearings bycoil springs 24 inclosed bev tween blocks. 25 which engage directly theupper sides of the roller journals, and screw plugs 26, see Figs. 1 and3. It is necessary that the pressure roller 22 shall engage the sheetsof paper only at the expiration of each feeding operation. As shown inFig.

' 2,. the said rollerisjlowered against the sheets of paper, while inFig. 6, it is elevated therefrom. These two positions. of said pressureroller-are effected by a cam ring 28 which has "a portion 'of its"circumference lowered to a plane coincident with the circumference ofthe roller 16. There is one of these cam rings 28 secured to each end ofp with the -feed roller.

the pressure roller 16 in positions to engage the ends of the ressureroller at points be-' yond the feed ro ler 16. The depressed portions 27of the cam ring are in positions which permit said pressure roller todescend against the sheets of pa er at the end of each feeding operationan to rise therefrom upon each initial movement of said feed roll inorder to not obstruct each feeding movement of the sheets of paper.front end of the cover 2 1s provided with a suitable knife edge 29 bymeans of which the bills are severed from the sheets after said sheetsare fed through the machine. The sheets of paper are fed between thisknife edge 29 and a stripping plate 30 which is 10- cated at the extremeend of the machine and which projects inwardly, and at each end isprovided a recess 30 which straddles the pins 14 on the roller 16. Theserecesses allow the eed roller 16, and prevent the paper from beingcarried around b said On one end of the stripping plate 30 there is anindication 31 which rovides a guide for locating the tear line 0 thebills Whenever the machine is newly supplied with aper. After this isonce accomplished? the tear line always appears at the cutting edge 29,which cutting edge it will be observed is in a line with the arrowindicated on the plate 31. I

Suitable tension is provided for governing the unwinding of the rolls'ofpaper which consists of resilient plates 32 secured at their.

lower ends to the inner side of thecasing,

and extending in contact with the ends of said rollers. The tension ofthese plates is regulated by adjusting screws 33. Means are alsoprovided for preventing the shafts of the paper rolls from dropping outof their hearings in the sides of the casing; these" means consist offriction disks 34 which surround one end of each of said shafts on theinner side of the casing. The said disks 34 are constructed of anysuitable material such as leather or cork, and the openings therein areslightly smaller than the shafts in order to bind said shafts-and holdthem in position during the shipment of the machine.

I do not wish to limit myself to the s ecific construction described asit willbe o vious that various modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. In a shipping bill register,two series of "pins, a rotating body upon which each series of (pins aremounted, means for rotating said b0 y to cause the pins of each seriesto successively en ranged in sheets of paper placed one upon the other,a pressure roller adapted to en a c said sheets at the termination ofeach ee The extreme.

late 30 to. come in close contact aper roll age perforations uniformlyare each series to successively enter perforations ing operation and torelease said sheets at the beginning of each feeding operation, andmeans so controllin said ressure roller.

2. In a shipping gill reg1ster, two series of pins mounted upon arotating body, means for rotating said body to cause the pins of in aplurality of sheets of paper arranged one above the other to uniformlyfeed said sheets, a cutting edge for severing said sheets, and apressure roller adapted to rigidly engage said sheets atthe terminationof each feeding operation and to hold said sheets While they are beingsevered.

3. In a shipping bill register, two series of pins mounted upon arotating body, means for rotating said body to cause the pins of bothseries to uniformly and successively enter perforations in a pluralityof sheets of paper arranged one above the other to uniformly feed saidsheets, a stripping plate adapted to strip the sheets from said pins, acutting edge for severing said sheets, a pressure roller adapted torlgidly hold said sheets while being severed, and cams controlling saidpressure roller and adapted to elevate said roller during eachfeedingoperation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, I

in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE F. SCHIRMER. Witnesses R. J. MOCARTY, MATTHEW SIEBLER.

